New Jersey Skiing and Snowboarding: Sunday Rivertag:blog.nj.com,2014:/skiing/30732011-11-07T08:28:55ZMartin Griff on skiing and snowboardingMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceWho's on first? A-Basin and Killington. Who's the mensch? Sunday Rivertag:blog.nj.com,2011:/skiing//3073.72472632011-11-07T08:28:55Z2011-11-07T20:32:53ZThe pre-Halloween snow that got so many of us on the East Coast excited about the snowsports season is gone from central New Jersey, but there is skiing and riding for those who don't mind traveling out of the Garden State.
Here's the lowdown on early season mountain fun.Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
The pre-Halloween snow that got so many of us on the East Coast excited about the snowsports season is gone from central New Jersey, but there is skiing and riding for those who don't mind traveling out of the Garden State.
Here's the lowdown on early season mountain fun.
Wolf Creek may be first to opentag:blog.nj.com,2011:/skiing//3073.70927602011-10-07T21:02:48Z2011-10-07T23:33:43Z Unless another resort pulls some funny business, it appears that Wolf Creek Ski Area in Pagosa Springs, Colo. will win first in the nation honors.Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
Unless another resort pulls some funny business, it appears that Wolf Creek Ski Area in Pagosa Springs, Colo. will win first in the nation honors.
Windham is no Grinch that stole Sunday River’s Santa Day; Bolton Valley on the other hand . . .tag:blog.nj.com,2010:/skiing//3073.54031242010-12-14T07:08:34Z2010-12-15T00:22:39Z I love posting photos of the hundreds of Santas skiing for free (with a $10 dollar donation to charity) at Sunday River in Maine each December and I was distraught when I read that Windham Mountain in New York’s...Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
I love posting photos of the hundreds of Santas skiing for free (with a $10 dollar donation to charity) at Sunday River in Maine each December and I was distraught when I read that Windham Mountain in New York’s...
Slopes in Maine turn red as Sunday River Santas ski and ride - NOW it feels like Christmastag:blog.nj.com,2010:/skiing//3073.53694122010-12-06T04:14:00Z2010-12-06T04:55:22ZBlack Friday . . . Bah Humbug. I'll take Santa Sunday as the official start of the Christmas season. Sunday River in Newry, Maine stated their tradition 11 years ago of offering free skiing and riding to folks dressing as...Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
Black Friday . . . Bah Humbug. I'll take Santa Sunday as the official start of the Christmas season. Sunday River in Newry, Maine stated their tradition 11 years ago of offering free skiing and riding to folks dressing as...
They're skiing in Colorado; Loveland snows on Sunday River's "First in Country" paradetag:blog.nj.com,2010:/skiing//3073.51896812010-10-25T01:02:53Z2010-10-25T05:10:45ZLoveland Ski Area in Georgetown, Colorado, 53 miles west of Denver opened today at 9 a.m. (Mountain Time Zone). That's 11 a.m. on the East Coast. The press release sent out by Colorado Ski Country USA's Jennifer Rudolph noted that...Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
Loveland Ski Area in Georgetown, Colorado, 53 miles west of Denver opened today at 9 a.m. (Mountain Time Zone). That's 11 a.m. on the East Coast. The press release sent out by Colorado Ski Country USA's Jennifer Rudolph noted that...
Maine's Sunday River is Open; First in the Countrytag:blog.nj.com,2010:/skiing//3073.51805912010-10-22T20:01:59Z2010-10-23T00:24:19ZSunday River photoSunday River this afternoon.Sunday River used 74 snow guns and 19 hours of snowmaking to pull off a mid-October opening at 3:30 p.m. today. Here is the official press release: Newry, Maine (October 22, 2010, 3:35 p.m.) –...Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
Sunday River photoSunday River this afternoon.Sunday River used 74 snow guns and 19 hours of snowmaking to pull off a mid-October opening at 3:30 p.m. today. Here is the official press release: Newry, Maine (October 22, 2010, 3:35 p.m.) –...
There's snow them thar Sunday River Hillstag:blog.nj.com,2010:/skiing//3073.51263722010-10-10T17:51:31Z2010-10-10T18:02:31ZSunday River photoThe scene at Sunday River in Newry, Maine early this morning Sunday River during a snowmaking test. As exciting as it is to see snow on an East Coast mountain in early October, the really impressive things are...Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
Sunday River photoThe scene at Sunday River in Newry, Maine early this morning Sunday River during a snowmaking test. As exciting as it is to see snow on an East Coast mountain in early October, the really impressive things are...
Yup, more snow in New Englandtag:blog.nj.com,2010:/skiing//3073.44486722010-04-17T15:29:13Z2010-04-17T15:49:42ZThom Perkins, the head of the Jackson Ski Touring Foundation, the Mecca of cross country skiing located in northern New Hampshire, just updated his Facebook status with the above photo. Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
Thom Perkins, the head of the Jackson Ski Touring Foundation, the Mecca of cross country skiing located in northern New Hampshire, just updated his Facebook status with the above photo.
Sugarloaf still got it going on; Six snowsliding options left on the East Coasttag:blog.nj.com,2010:/skiing//3073.44323342010-04-13T14:05:27Z2010-04-13T14:30:17ZHe’s is a photo from Sugarloaf in Maine this morning. And from their snow report:Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
He’s is a photo from Sugarloaf in Maine this morning. And from their snow report:
Cabin fever in Beantown leads to photo déjà vue at Sunday Rivertag:blog.nj.com,2010:/skiing//3073.43491182010-03-21T04:30:12Z2010-03-21T04:44:26ZI was at Sunday River in western Maine's Mahoosuc Mountains earlier this month and had the pleasure of riding with Jim in a Chondola cabin and again photographing him outside the cabin.Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
I was at Sunday River in western Maine's Mahoosuc Mountains earlier this month and had the pleasure of riding with Jim in a Chondola cabin and again photographing him outside the cabin.
What a difference a week makes; what a difference a day makestag:blog.nj.com,2010:/skiing//3073.43217252010-03-15T17:02:18Z2010-03-15T17:24:14ZA week ago I was making first tracks at Sunday River in Newry, Maine on day five of my six day Pine State boondoggle.
I’m now back in the Garden State, packing for an end of season ski trip to Idaho while battling rain, fallen trees, income tax paperwork and a schedule that has me all over photographing high school state tournament hockey and basketball.Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
A week ago I was making first tracks at Sunday River in Newry, Maine on day five of my six day Pine State boondoggle.
I’m now back in the Garden State, packing for an end of season ski trip to Idaho while battling rain, fallen trees, income tax paperwork and a schedule that has me all over photographing high school state tournament hockey and basketball.
Close encounters of a Jersey kind in Mainetag:blog.nj.com,2010:/skiing//3073.42984102010-03-09T12:46:24Z2010-03-09T13:02:11ZLast Friday I shared a chair at Saddleback with Michael Suchar of Forked River, N.J.
Michael’s aunt has a place near the resort in the Rangeley Lakes Region of the Western Mountains of Maine and he’s been making trips to Saddleback for 10 years.Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
Last Friday I shared a chair at Saddleback with Michael Suchar of Forked River, N.J.
Michael’s aunt has a place near the resort in the Rangeley Lakes Region of the Western Mountains of Maine and he’s been making trips to Saddleback for 10 years.
If this is Monday, it must be Sunday . . . Rivertag:blog.nj.com,2010:/skiing//3073.42943592010-03-08T11:58:45Z2010-03-08T12:34:01ZThe calendar says it’s Monday so the whirlwind tour of Maine has me at Sunday River. The calendar also says Sunday River is in it’s 50th year.Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
The calendar says it’s Monday so the whirlwind tour of Maine has me at Sunday River. The calendar also says Sunday River is in it’s 50th year.
I tweet, it snows, Olympic Torch Relay stops by Tremblanttag:blog.nj.com,2009:/skiing//3073.40110562009-12-09T15:48:44Z2009-12-09T16:39:53ZI now tweet and I don’t know whether to thank Killington's Tom Horrocks for opening up a new world to me, or admonish him and his iphone for wasting more of my time – I already waste a lot of time on Facebook. Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
I now tweet and I don’t know whether to thank Killington's Tom Horrocks for opening up a new world to me, or admonish him and his iphone for wasting more of my time – I already waste a lot of time on Facebook.
Kringles jingle for charity at Sunday River tag:blog.nj.com,2009:/skiing//3073.40033882009-12-06T23:33:13Z2009-12-07T02:38:03ZFor some folks Black Friday is the start of the holiday season. For me it’s hundreds of Santas filling the chairs and slopes at Sunday River in Newry, Maine.
Today a record-breaking 350 Santas showed up at the 10th Annual Santa Sunday.
Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
For some folks Black Friday is the start of the holiday season. For me it’s hundreds of Santas filling the chairs and slopes at Sunday River in Newry, Maine.
Today a record-breaking 350 Santas showed up at the 10th Annual Santa Sunday.
In Maine, everyday is a ski day at Sunday River while Sugarloaf waits out a warm spelltag:blog.nj.com,2009:/skiing//3073.39467552009-11-17T15:49:48Z2009-11-17T17:56:20ZI was talking via telephone this morning with snowsport blogger Dan Cassidy from the Great State of Maine. Dan lives an hour and a half drive from Sugarloaf and two hours from Sunday River. It’s 39 degrees in his part of Maine this morning and heading to 57 degrees by tomorrow. Along with the warm temperatures, Dan said much of Maine experienced torrential downpours last weekend, remnants of tropical storm Ida, not the kind of weather conducive to early season skiing and riding.Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
I was talking via telephone this morning with snowsport blogger Dan Cassidy from the Great State of Maine. Dan lives an hour and a half drive from Sugarloaf and two hours from Sunday River. It’s 39 degrees in his part of Maine this morning and heading to 57 degrees by tomorrow. Along with the warm temperatures, Dan said much of Maine experienced torrential downpours last weekend, remnants of tropical storm Ida, not the kind of weather conducive to early season skiing and riding.
Killington, Sugarbush, Jay Peak, Sunday River & Sugarloaf still opentag:blog.nj.com,2009:/skiing//3073.25982362009-04-22T13:40:24Z2009-11-07T05:07:17Z Killington, Sugarbush and Jay Peak in Vermont and Sunday River and Sugarloaf in Maine are still open. Here are their mountain reports for today:...Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
Killington, Sugarbush and Jay Peak in Vermont and Sunday River and Sugarloaf in Maine are still open. Here are their mountain reports for today:...
Sleep off Sunday River's 50th anniversary celebration on a Boyne Bedtag:blog.nj.com,2009:/skiing//3073.35028012009-08-26T03:29:04Z2009-11-07T04:52:53Z Boyne Resorts photoThe Boyne Bed, made exclusively for Boyne Resorts by: Lady Americana Midwest, Grand Rapids, Michigan Sunday River in Newry, Maine turns 50 on December 19. The resort, which was bought two years ago along with fellow Maine...Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
Boyne Resorts photoThe Boyne Bed, made exclusively for Boyne Resorts by: Lady Americana Midwest, Grand Rapids, Michigan Sunday River in Newry, Maine turns 50 on December 19. The resort, which was bought two years ago along with fellow Maine...
Here's what's new this season at Maine ski areastag:blog.nj.com,2009:/skiing//3073.38418822009-10-29T20:53:41Z2009-11-01T17:06:07ZEnough with the lobster, cold ocean, AA Red Sox farm team and whoopee pies. The real reason to visit Maine is the skiing and snowboarding.Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
Enough with the lobster, cold ocean, AA Red Sox farm team and whoopee pies. The real reason to visit Maine is the skiing and snowboarding.
Start the Presses: Sunday River is turning 50tag:blog.nj.com,2009:/skiing//3073.38313282009-10-28T05:51:46Z2009-10-29T20:12:56ZBack when Sunday River in the Great State of Maine opened almost 50 years ago, newspapers were king and major late breaking story would bring out a cry of “Stop the presses.”
Those days are long gone and up to the minute news is available instantly in digital form.
Some of us still enjoy words and photographs the old fashion way and the presses are about to start turning out copies of a book on the history of Sunday River by Maine based writer David Irons.Martin Griff / The Timeshttp://connect.nj.com/user/mgriff/index.html
Back when Sunday River in the Great State of Maine opened almost 50 years ago, newspapers were king and major late breaking story would bring out a cry of “Stop the presses.”
Those days are long gone and up to the minute news is available instantly in digital form.
Some of us still enjoy words and photographs the old fashion way and the presses are about to start turning out copies of a book on the history of Sunday River by Maine based writer David Irons.